The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, June 30, 1886, Image 3

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" ? V-H-. 'if; The Press and Banne: "Wednesday, June 30,1686 A Juror"* Ignorance. The Furgnson murder ease litis ended last, the jury tindin-ra verdict of not Kiiil This makes the fourth trialof this case. I i sorry to say that one of our Ninet.v-six ni on tho Jury. How they could tind sucl verdict is more than nine-tenths cf Ab ville's sons can see. That, though, is w them and their God. To irive you some ic of the Jury, it Is said, by one of their nuinli that while they were in the jury room hnvi the ease under consideration, one of the 111 asked the name of "that larjre lawyer w made such a bijr speech." When he was ti that It was Solicitor Orr. he asked which si he was on. Ho then wished to know who t,\ Benet was, and staked if he was not on 1 Kline side. He was informed that Mr. l!ei was defending tlie prisoner. i an me iinui expect anything better with such n jury this? Abbeville county lias n stain now i on her fair name that will lake time to era if it can ever be done at all. II is a good J< on Messrs. Orr and Itenet that one of) Jurors could not tell from tbeir speeches will side they represented. On tlie other hand is a sad story to go out against our old coi t.v that we have such men to sit on our juri ?Xiiu-ty-Six Letter to the Sews and Courier. We think it un exceedingly poor joke the parties who would draw or accept a Juror who couldn't tell whether Mr. Orr a Mr. Benct were on the same side. J beville boasts as much intelligence as a county in the State. Abbeville has prodvu *s many great men as any other county. 'I Abbeville Bar has stood tho equal of a liar in the State. Abbeville has been I home of as many judges as any county in I ?State, and we dissent from the Ninety-? TOrrespondent, when he says "it is age joke," that an Abbeville juror couldn't t which side Mr. Orr and Mr. Benpt were < We heard this report about the juror, the time, but felt aslian.ed of it, and did 1 It. Wti rosrard the calling on of a Kitch men to sit as Jurors in Important ca: us anything else than "a gooil joke." 1 think there Is nothing good about It. but looks to us more likcf a reflection upon I conductor our court. The juror may hii been excusable for his ignorance, and he is be pitied for his lack of natural endowmc l>ut we cannot see how the jury commissi are excusable for putting the came of su person in the Jury box, but even if it were f there, *nd he were drawn, we do not sec w iie shonld be accepted to sit on the ca Jiifter?ome of the best men in Abbeville coi ity bad been objected to. /Do Our JniigM Wink at the Crime Murder ? "We see it stated in the newspapers tl there is still no trouble for murderers to s <asy bail. Whether the fact that bail is in .furnished to nearly all murderers whoapp 3uw anything to do with tbe great numbet atturders that occur in the State, we arc 1 prepared to say with certainly, but \w do s that we believe that the Judges are indirec ??? v?<? f,tiInt?c nf aiip inrins punish men who commit murder. 1 ilact that a Judu'e will grant bail m a amount has a tendency to defeat the ends Justice, but when a J udge will grant bail t red handed murderer who ought to be liar ed, that oRiclcr commits an offence ajjaii the public peace and dignity of the C'ommi wealth, and we think he lends himself a Oils official influence against law and ord aind for the protection of the murderers c snent. Our Judges never fall to lend their offic influence toward incling out punishment the theft of a cow or a hog, but when a m der has been committed our Judires seem i ceedinc kind to the criminal. They unlo our Jail doors for them, and by their offic 4ict, create a sentiment in favor of the m who has committed the highest ofl'ct known to the human or the divine law?tb of murder. It is useless to expect juries, even if they i properly seierwu, iu uu iuni uuij, c?o the Judges do whatever lieR In their power excuse the murderous criminal. The exa pie of our Judges, and the act of our juri bas tought us that It is less dangerous to k u pig, than it is to kill our neighbors. Unless our Judges cease to lend their infl ence in "behalf of murderers, we need not ( pect to see the law enforced. Governor Thompson"* Appointniei Through the courtesy of Mr. W. O. Hrndli we are permitted to publish the following t 4-gram, -which he received yesterday aft, noon : Charleston, S. C., June 2D, 1SS( If. Q. Bradley, Abbeville: The President has appointed Govori Thompson Assistant Secretary of the Tre tiry. It is a post of great importance, and t jappeintmenl is a great compliment to Sou turolino. What is thought and said of it your coinmuuity ? riik News asd Cor kit: 11 Co Mr. iJradiey immediately exmuiveu uie u patch ou Law Uange,and called an impromi meeting of ;lawvers and citizens who wi within call. The dispatch was road, a: unanimously expressed gratlfl.ition at t appointment With one voice all said tli lie should accept the position. This is an i l>eintment which GovernorThompso.i cam refuse. His friends arc delighted at the h< 4>r which has been conferred upon lilni a South Carolina. The Demand Tor Oilier Candidate* A local item which appears elsewhere reference to the bringing out of other can ?3aU? for the Legislature Is published at 1 Migg<*tiou of a voter of this village, whogh expression to a sentiment which we believ< ??tertoined by quite a number of our citizc who feel that they want a larger number 4-andidatcs from whom to make up their tl 4>m. It would be a condition of a Hairs whi lias never occurred before if we should hi liarelv enoueh candidates to fill Hie places. V- Tile Men Mho Kill. From tlic affidavits made when bail wanted, and from the testimony at the tri in conrt, we are led to believe that not ( murderer in ten is anything eslse than an rant coward. Nearly every one of tin .swearthey were afraid the dead man v going to kill, when in faet, there is cxeeedi # little evidence to sustain the alleged mur?l ?us Intent of the man, exccpt the murden n fears. . IVIio In XMiikcn. We had long since lost all faith In the ah ty of Mr. Schotleld to hulld the C'umhcrla <?ap Itailroad, and now the letter of Mr. M ris. Secretary of the Louisville and Naslivi Itailroud is most damaging to our faith in alucerety of his statements. Either Schofleld or Mr. Morris are mistaken as 10 important statement of fact. Wo leave I reader to form his own conclusion. " IVlien shall tlie Primary ?lorti Be? Let onr people begin to think of settling iidiiy for our primary election. That is < of tlie questions which must he settled n Sale Day. Heretofore the election has usiiii taken place on the second Saturday in , k'ust. That day this year will ho the M What say our people to the "th for the en i ng election ? Th i n k of the matter. Ot'K People should never cease to detnv the primary election system. No man m Ket himself so high jus to scorn the vote of I citizen. We think every State oillcer, fr Ojovernor down. should be chosen by the r ' ple We bare received a copy of the address Hon. W. H. Wallace of Newberry, which \ .delivered at WotTord Commencement. ' have read It with interest, and return than for tin* opportunity of reading the speech. They are discussing whether to put do I two or three tracks for tlio street railway .Columbia. According to our way of think! >they had better go slow on the three tni business. in Hi?n???i?n? r DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN PRINTEB Li William Henry Wilson, Former Ow > or of tl?e Abbeville l?ross," 1>1 ? at IIis Home ;in Florida. After Life of Aetivlty nml t'sofiilnoss. at Intelligence was received here Inst Wedn ty. day Hint Mr. William llcnry Wilson, forin mi j ly of t his town, died at his home in Wllsi icti | Florida, on Tuesday, June ?!, 18S0, aged abt li a .jfi years. he- Mr. Wilson was born in this vicinity a Itliilonrned the printing business in one of I lea j print)ns otllces here, nod afterwards he a ior, I Mr. W. A. Lee bought the Iiidrimulent Pre ng j They published the paper together for a tli ion : when Mr. Wilson sold his hall interest in I ho | paper to the present proprietor of the Pr ild | and Manner. Subsequently, Mr. Wilson < iilr>! rnviiiined to co Into the printing husim W. again, aii'.l bought a paper then published lhe W usliiiiKton, (teoigla. During the early pi net of the war that paper was discontinued a try .Mr. Wilson returned to Abbeville and edit as and published for the new proprietors the i up- per which lie had formerly owned. After t se, war, .Mr. Wilson moved to his larm in Flci <ke da, on which the town of Wilson was foui the ed. ich For several years he devoted his enemies it farming in Florida, but '>( la to years he I: in- been prominently before the people as Masi es. of the Florida State Grange, and as publisl of a newspaper at Lake City. on Mr. Wilson was a man of great energy a of strict integrity. He was a useful eitiz< "y and took a lively interest in whatever was i nd the bcuellt of the community in which lived. Mr. Wilson was married twice. His fi n-v marriage was with a lady from Mississip ?ed who died in a little while after their marria; (,? His second marriage was with Miss Anna Keller, sister of Di\ J. W. Keller, who, will nJ* large family of children, survive him. the he * Mx The Lnkr fity Guide of Which Pap >od r. Wilson ivns one of the Edito ell and Proprietors. Coihch to us dii. Mourning, With lhe Follouii at Aniioiiiieeiuent of the Sad liven 101 "It is with a sentiment of deep regret tl ny we announce in this issue tne death of our sos vered senior, Mr. W. II. Wilson, alttiou V i such a result was anticipated, as a very lo "11 and painful illness prececded his <leniise, t it! fact that such a valuable citizen lias been ]1C I moved from our midst, casts abloom ovcru I entire community and evokes expressions LVC sorrow from all. to; "The deceased was a man of unassumi manners, but that high sense of honor, uns ' lish public spirit and devotion to everythi on that he conceived to be duty, attached to li ch scores of friends who to-duy unite with us our grief at his departure. "In the death of Mr. Wilson, the press 1 ?y lost a sympathetic member. For ttiirty-ti se, years engaged in the newspaper business, I ln. heart was thorougliiy enlisted in the cause, he believed it was a potent educator of t people and the medium to a higher civil! tion. Public spirited to a high degree, no < r terprise having for its object the public w< had a more zealous advocate than he, as ] connection with numerous organizations w f attest. He was not only ready to contribt 1 with his pen and sound judgment, but or I -'et limited means, cheerfully subseriltcd. D\v "It is rarely the case that a death clic . such universal expressions of regret, and t coixls of sympathy vibrate in the hearts of ' of for the bereaved family in this, their hour )0t dire ulliietiou."' l!y A NEW INSTITUTION OF LEARNING. to 'he ny The Ferguson Academy nt Abbevll' of For a hundred years the white people Da Abbeville county have beeji distinguished tlieir schools and their love of letters, and ! .seems that the negroes of the same see I i :ist|are to be noted for the same eommendal >11. spirit. , Iriall parts of the county tlio negroes ha na J paid more or less attention to tlio securing er, school houses,and to the education of tli ,|e. children. Especially is this true nt Abbevil In 1NVS the nesr.i .Methodists built a ?<i school house, erected a large and commodin ial house of worship, and put up a comlort.nl for parsonage. In alter years the negro Presl ] terians, namely: Shedcrick Lesly, George Hr*l Kirhcy, George \\\ Smith, Lewis I*. Richi fx-j William Pope, George Harr, Alfred Fost lt.|; I and others, under the lead of Ilev. K. W. W .. liams in 18S1, sought to establish a form ial j worship which would more nearly conform an | their religious belief, and this step indue lce the further step of esiablishinz a separt school. Mr. Williams went Xorlh in iJece at J ber of the same year, and after three mont Of liioor amoilK Hie wnuc rrouj H I mun ./i i ire North, succeeded In securing the suin of Si,. which was supplemented by 8300 from t ns Board of Church Erection in the city of Ni to York. This sum was further supplement m. hysums received from white and colored pc pie at home. With this money u handsoi es' church and school house combined, was bu ill on a suitable lot iu town. The building w finished and opened one year after the org! izationof the congregation. The school w 'u" opened in January, Z8S2, by Mrs. Willian jx- the wife of the pastor, wiio before iter mi riage hail a large and extended experience teacher In the public schools of Wushlngt* I). The school has bcciPllioronghly grade 11 and tills yenr quite a number of the sclioln passed excellent examinations in graintn: t>y history, geography, arithmetic, and oth ei' brandies usually taught in the conun j schools. The daily average attendance er- the school is about sixty-five scholn The teacher is paid by tne parents of the el: !. i dren who supplement the amount which received from the Presbyterian Hoard of M lor J sions for Freedmen. This school receives ivs- j benefit, whatever from the public fund, exci ho i at such times when the attendance is so lat tli {that an assistant teacher is necessary, in The object, at first was simply to sustain small parochial school as an auxiliary i. their church, but the success of the school i js_ I der Miss Williams's most excellent tnana j nient litis been so great that the McClcIl; >tu j Presbytery, comprising twelve counties ;re| the upper part of this State, has decided lul j make Abbeville an educational centre 1 " i negro CIJIIHrcn ot ooiii iuiwrmrj ii he jeml, Mr. Williams went North again In IS at Iraise money to assist in erecting a scln | building of larger and inorc extensive dim< "* I sions which would better supply the dema >?t of the proposed institution. AboutSl.OtK) v >n- subscribed in the North, and it is hoped tli . the remaining necessary money may be cured as the work progresses. The buildi which they contemplate erecting will be brick 4") x W) feet, and will be located on t church lot. While it is not expected to litii the buililini; this winter, it is hoped, howev in that sultieient money will be secured to co\ ,ji | it in, and that by another year the win * building will be linislied. The foundati he has been dug. A hundred thousand brie i*e* have already been burnt lor the work. , w It is proposed to accommodate at least tin ' ' , hundred children of both sexes. In the Aej !ns i eiuy there will be a boarding and industr of!department, where children may do son L,j.. I thing to earn their way in the institution. icll m i m ive ISN,T THIS A SOCDOIAGER 1 A I.cttcr ivliicli Casts a Doubt as js the Correctness ot tiny of .Mr. Sell n)s lleltl's Statements. nn<l which in >ne I.ca?l to Other anil Further I>cv< ?'? IHyMturloas Kail road Iluildcr. yr Tho readers of the iVr*.v ami Homier v ** | remember that, h ponderous preamble ami ler-; mysterious resolution were adopted at the .r'S cent meeting of the stockholders of the Cn lina, <'umberbmd Gap and Chicago Kailn at Abbeville Court House, in which it was ieged that tile Louisville and Nashville It; road Company lia<l receded from some I!>-Iti Contract with the Cumberland Gap ltailro iill- and which resolution authorized Mr. Ne md ' J to employ counsel to serve notice on I i Louisville and Nashville Koad of a protest or";tne part of tlie Cumberland (iup ltailro lie ; Some of our citizens, not being able to und the s,and the meaning ot a Rebate Contract b, ,, | live road in actual operation with a rallrc ,lr- j which existed only In the ttituncst air, a I an i ter was directed tr? the address indicated i|le the ready-mado resolution which had b< seni here by Mr. Schotield to be adopted the stockholders of the Carolina, Cnuiberln <iap and Chicago ltnilro-.nl. That letter ask the nature ot tlie contract which tlie Lou 0,1 : viile and Nashville had entered into with I j Cumberland Gap. and If they had recei j from it. In reply to that letter the follow! on , was received : me j Xkw York, Juno 'jr., cxt! I'kak Sit:?I am in ri'celpt of your let t ot It 21s' iest. addressed to t he Louisville and Na ^ villi; Kailroad Company, and in reply ther Mi- j j,i jj to say that. I knoiv ot no failure 01; I Ith. part of this Company to 1'ijtill its eontraeb 1 Yours truly, A. W. MoiiKls, s,l"| Asst. Treasnrei I Is that letler not an eye-opener? is J jSeholield fooling us? Without. further e.\|i in)] j nation or iitlirimitioii of the statements in: by Mr. Scliotield in the preamble and resu *ed ! ti,n,s which lie sent here to he adopted at I the I recent meeting of the stockholders of I inn Carolina, Cumberland (lap and Chicago K: I road, we cannot see how Mr. Xcholleld's sta men's which lie may herealler makeorwh! I he ha< heretofore made, can be worthy ot t : least consideration. nis 11 Seems Like .tlurdcr i* at a l*i \\\. isi in 111. iks Xcic; and I'rrol.l. The celebrated trial of.Iohn l-'ciunson tie: mc.rucr of icuodi* I in Atibeviile was c< j eluded last week by a verdict of not guil ivn j It does seem iii.it murder is at a premium jn .South Carolina. ns* Ferguson, who killed Benedict at Abbcvil t-'k has been tried the fourth time and ticijuitti Juttice tuourus.?A'coure courier. ????????? ? " McCORMICK MATTERS. II- t AN INTERESTING BATCH OF MISCELL/ n NEOUS ITEMS. oser Sunday School Excursion "Sinai )n; Comity" Candidates iu Demand >ut * Health of the Town ? Kain nn <?rass?The Ladies' Aid Society ml Personals. m? MCCORMICK, S. C., JUI?P 21. lSSfi. lie Lnst night 11 very sudUeu change took plat cx.t in the weather. it got socoiu unit it very ui :le-1 pleasant to sit on the piazza without a hcav _>ss coat ou. It has been raining all the moriiinj at land Is still gutting colder. li t I The debate ol' Capt. Robinson's school cam nd j off last Friday. The affirmative gained tli ed debate. Messrs. Joseph Edmonds and J?tc m- j Kobinson spoke well in defence of their side he Mr. T. M. Scott, acted as president. in- Miss Sallle Day, of Troy, spent several daj id- in town this week. I M r. and Mrs. Smiley Harmon from Lltt to I IIIver were in town on Saturday and Sni las' day and exhibited their boy "XeU." Tli ter j writer troin ' Sweet Easy" for the Ailvam icr named him soon afier lie was born. j The Ilev. James Ilarinon. son of Kcv. A. ( nd i Harmon, preached in the Methodist churc in,! Sunday afternoon. Mr. Harmon is a studer f.?r I of WoU'ord College, and is at home during vi he cation. | Tlie balance of lumber for the depot has a rst j rived, and doubtless will be put up at once, pi, i Miss Fannie Jay has recovered enough froi ?o. j her recent illness to return to Troy. She le E. last Friday morning. la We predict a marriage In MeCormlck. Li ten, look and see what 1 have bused my pr diction ou. Mr. T. J. Donnohue sells only one beef week now. It looks like the town of MeCo or I niick could eat two beeves a week. We e: rs pect the money is lacking and not the abilit I , j to eat beef. The lJajitists arranging to have a niooi light festival in about two weeks to raise 11101 A?ii<??hiip/>li 'I'lik will Iih nice, and i; i doubt they will raise a handsome sum by tli uit j arrangement. r^" The Itev. A. G. Harmon nt Sunday Rchoi K'1 lust Sunday asked if it would be possible I "g i reconsider the former vote on the subject. J he will be remembered that the school a fe rc" I Sundays ago voted to have excursion, bi :,i? owing to so much sickness and no da being appointed it lias remained as vow on and no steps have taken to appoint a da; nS I Hence Mr. Harmon's suggestion to recousii ie'* | er and not have the excursion was broughtu; "B Mr. Harmon spoke at some length an i.1" I brought up some very meagre arguments I 1111 show why the school should not have an e: curslon. Mr. James Cothran, Jr, got up an ! moved that wo reconsider the former vot v<* j The motion was carried and apparently tl ?ts [ excursion was killed. Oh the blank faces < u* j the children! Hut Mr. Cothran asked if ',e | was possible to make another motion of tl Zil*! same order. It was granted. He moved tin ?n*! we have the excursion; it was seconded, i ,;}1; a few minutes the 2nd of July was appoints : as the day, anil smiles began to play aroun 'ill I the sweet months of the little children. It it<J now a settled fact Th?? Methodist Sundu School at this place will have an excursio over the Savannah Valley ltailroad July 2m Its I ITvnPvhnrlv iriv he What is the matter that we have not. licai "II. of a "small county" candidate from this pa ol of our county? Is it possible that none ca be raised up to enter the Held? We are no upon the verge of a new election for count otlleers and we think we ought to be repr< sen led. As we have said beiore, our friends i Abbeville will kick against this movemen but we have a right to kick too. We nre I favor of the whole state being out up lnl le. smaller counties. You, Mr. Editor, of cours of j are opposed to this movement, as we lia\ foe ; heard your sentiment on the subject, liu It ' we claim and do think that if you cannot <! ,,n us any good yon ought not. do us any barn jlc We cannot see why Abbeville should oppo: the "small county" movement ns bitterly i vo she does, if the whole .suite is to be divide 0( We notice with pleasure that Mr. Pilgrim iair i tho Woodruff I'rogreix is agitating the subjei !|eJ through his paper. We hope he will cnnt.li (){| | u". We will shake hands and be everlastlu ,us friends. )lc Mr. Pierce Creighton, who Is farming 1 ,v._j Edgefield county was in town on Monday an M Tuesday. Mr. Creighton is a partner of tl Cy" I firm of Creighton Brothers In town. cr' | Mrs. Statcin, of Spartanburg, is visiting h( jji mother Mrs. Estes. 0f The belfry of the IJaaptist church Is eon ?n | plcted and will be painted next week. iC(j ] The Rev. J. A. lleil is still quite unwell froi llc | the effects of tlie hurt received some weel m-1 jis | J)r. J. .T. Seigler is in town again, ham me j,e ingaway at the people's teeth. We are a jOU I ways glad to see the Doctor. I,e j The farmers are very much worried over s cw much rain. It is feared the grass will take c(j greater part of the cotton crop if the rain coi ,()_ tinues any lousier. 110 The hands arrived this morning to resun IH work ou the new depot. Itwiilsooubo con as pieiuu. lu". Mr. P. B. Calhoun attended the Commene as ment of the Greenwood College. 1S The hciilth of our town is much better an ftr! we hope soon to see all the slek well an as healthy lookin?f again. But we tear so tnuc rain will he against the convalescent. ,tj' j Quito a crowd of country people were i irs town on Tuesday. The ground being too w< lir"t to plow they took advantage of the occasioi er on "l McCoJoncif. S. C., June 2S, 18S<{. jV The Ladles Aid .Society of the Bapt' ,J church met after a snip of four months, Jui 20th at4.IW o'clock. The ltev. Mr. Bell belli i' present was called upon to open the service : which was done by reading selections froi | llith chapter of Romans and 10th chapter i b ! Acts, and sinutng "To the Work." The Pre 4 idem, Mrs. Minis, took the chair. On appl I cation for tnembership, Mrs. \V. O. Sturkt '"Joined. There were two vice presiuoius to i , elected; the election resulted us follows: Mr | A. A. Iraylor 1st and 2nd vice president ' ; The President suited that some action shoul VA he taken in regard to the death of the la j-lf ' Vice President Mrs. J. W. Peak. The societ ',. at once entered into the following resolntior licxolved, that this Society of the McCo mick Baptist church has;metwiih an irrcpa ' ble loss in the death of .Sister Julia K. Peal ' {(and that each member wear a badge i '*! mourning for a time as a tribute of respei , 'and esteem, and that we bow lu humble su j mission to the all-ruling power of the Mo ?" [ High God in His removing our sister froi ',f; earth. ltcsolved, tliat a blank page in our book 1 fj inscribed to her memory, and that Secret at | furnish a copy of these resolutions to ho givi . ' ! to the editor of the Advance for publlcailo: and ii copy of the paper be give n Mr. J. V on ,{'11 On motion the following committee was n pointed to solicit or net up refreshments f< their iec cream festival which will be ?i ' ? Wednesday evening, July 7th. Mrs. Mitt and Mrs. Scott are the town committee; Mi , Tmylorand Mrs. W. (). Sturkey for the eon try. The following new honorary membc were enrolled: Messrs. P. 1!. Calhoun, J. V Peak, J. X. Whitten, A. A. Stuart, Joue Smith, Jr., James Walsh, W. H. Mi ins, ai: Joseph Kdmonds. The society is now in very nourishing condition and bids fair to n jcomplish much eood. It was tiirough thci . I ladies that the church was aided and the In I fry remodeled and painted, oh, womar io- I "last at the cross and llrst at the tomb." > ?mr; are they in all things to-dn.v. , Mr. Willie Cade, son of Mr. Samuel Cade i el. 115'irdeaux, returned from Wofl'ord College la . i week. Jle wa< in town last Wednesday. Ils, Miss Ltiia Tiny lor came to town la i Wednesday and returned in the evenin; 'she tins l)i:en spending some time in tl rill; country with Jier sister Mrs. Frank llcndr I a son. re-1 Mrs. Hemmiiwr and daughters and Mi ro-: Link, of Willington were in town on Wedlte ?ad I day la^t. ill-1 'l'iie McCormlek base ball elnb will go I tit-1 Laurens soon to play several games with La me . reus and several oilier eluhs. ad, | The Hev. .1. O. ('handler received a telegrai lio- on Saturday night that Itis mother at Hun it the was dying. on Mr. W. K. I'enn if. going to have the sto ad. house formerly occupied by Mr. Cox, movi er- to the side of his other store, which Is in po y a session of Mr. J. W. I'eak tor the present. Kid Mr. liregg. the new shoemnkeriseems to 1 let- doing a good business in his line, in Messrs. W. <)., I*. L. and M. I,. 15. Slurkf en were suddenly called to the bedside of a d, by! lug father last Saturday night in Lineol .nd . county, Georgia. :cd ! The Hev. K. 1). Smart preached a master lis-! sermon in the Methodist church last Sundu I.A 1 tiiirlit led [ Miss Covin and Miss Sallie Whitten of >1 lug Carmel were in town on last Saturday. j Mr. iJritt who has been in Atlanta, (in., fi ; j the past year, returned on last Wednesday. .'0f [ Mr. W. L. Link, a worthy youni; man of 01 si,J town will be married Wednesday nijrbt i J.|?; Miss Florence Kstes. Site is a (laughter In,' Capt. Kstesof tlic material train on thu A uustaand Knoxvillc Railroad. She Is an e | cellent young lady. j ltev. it. 1>. Smart presided over the Quarto ' _ , l.v Conferenceat Republican church Saturdii and Sunday last. lil" | The depot is nearly completed, but will in ide | |M. near so handsome as we anticipated. 'u" will bea plain, substantial building, with tl weather-boarding put on upanddown and 1 platform all around; all of (ho planks tn l"" planed which makes it look very rough. a negro excursion from Lownuesville can " h to town on Sunday, and took in the cntii he place and returned at 4 o'clock, I'. M. i Quite a number attended the ipiartr-rl meet in;; at Republican church last Sunday. Siekucssin town is about over and we li?>| to have a healthy town in future. Captain Tillman. |,',T| At ?.rsT.\, June'Jii, lssij. ty.i Cowl !>. h'. Ilvaiphitt : in I i?KAi: Sji;?Mr. J li. Ttlarrnh request"! me 1 j write you about my speaking in Abbevillo i ] response to invitation of Farmers' Club, o |e, 15th July. I cannot conic then but nave agree . tl. I to couic later and leave the time to them, i Yours truly, B. K. TILLMAN. _ fit,- ( t i <r?, THE NEW RAILROAD. The Chester. Green woo il nncl Abbeville Knilroail ? Organization of the Coiiipaiiy and Klcction of Ofll-' cers. Greenwood Tribune. II Tlio stockholders of tlic Chester, Green? wood atid Abbeville Railroad met in this town on Tuesday, delegates being present <1 from Chester, Clinton, Cross Hill, Abbeville .. and Greenwood. The meeting was organ ized with Hon. W. II. Parker, of Abbeville chairman, aud Dr. B. W. Coob, of Greenwood, secretary. On motion a committee was appointed to :e ascertain the amount of stock represented nt ) tlie meeting, anil the committee made the foly lowing report which was adopted : Chester, i, 53,875; CI In ton, $4,000; Cross Hi II, SI. 33K; Clinton, ?4,100; Abbeville,Sn.Ofrf); Greenwood, ?4, le 775; making a total of SJO,77.->. 10 An flection was then held for Directors and It the folInwlng were elected: s. For Chester?\V. R. Davie, J. IC. Henry, S. M. Jones, 1'- E. McLurc, Julius Mills. 's For Greenwood?S. P. Boozer, J. It. Durst, C. A. C. Waller. le For Abbeville?YV. H. rarker, T. C. Seal, > L. W. Perrin. ie For Clinton?'W. A.Shand, W. B. Bell. :c For Union?D. P. Duncan. For Cross Hill?E. M. Cane. *J BY-LAWS. 'l The following by-laws were then adopted: 1st. Tills company shall be htyled the Cites* .. ter, Greenwood and Abbeville Hallway Coinr" puny. 2d. The annual meeting shall he held on 7} the fourth Tuesday in June In each year, for 11 the purpose of hearing the annual reports of the oflicers, electing officers and transacting * any other business pertaining to said cotnc" pan.v. The annual meeting shall be advertised two weeks before the mooting in one " newspaper in enen county through which the l" road passes. The President by the advice of " the d irectors shall have authority to call special meetings. 3rd. The stock shall be represented in per} ' son or by proxy in writing under seal, a nmjority of the stock to constitute a quorum. 4th. The officers shall be a president, vice lL president., secretary and treasury and attor, torney who shall be elected by the board of , ' directors at each annual meeting. I, 5th. The duties of said officers shall bo the LJ; same as usually attach to such officers in sim; liar organizations. (itii. The board of directors shall have pow; *. er to illl any vacancies which may occur in . their body or in any of the offices between ?.* the annual meetings. ~~ 7th. The board of directors siiall have pow"j cr to fix the salary of the officers. . m il. 1 mw ujr-iuns ;nuj uvuuiuuuiaui/uiij j." annual meeting of said company. d TXIK OFFICKRS. e. ie Immediately after the auionrnment of the of stockholders im etlng the directors met and it fleeted tlii' following officers: Julius Mills, of ic Chester, president; D. P. Dun-Jan, of Union, it vice president: M.S. Bailey, cf Clinton, secn retury and treasurer. L. W. Perrln, of Abbc.(l vllle, attorney. a The prospects of the road are very bright js and it Is believed It will be built at an early ly dayn , ll. Columbia Register. "'J Major Julius Mills and Mr. S. M. Jones, a rt prominent merchant of Cliestc?, were in the in city yesterday stopping at Wright's Hotel. vv These gentleman were on tiieir way home y from Greenwood, where they had been in attendance upon the meeting of the stock11 holders of the projected Chester, Greenwood !1' and Abl>evillo Hallgoad. The meeting was 11 for the nurnose of onranizinir the company by 10 the election officers, ami attending to other .c; important mutters. The meeting was held .c on TuesilHy and adjourned Tuesday night. Subsequent to the election of the Hoard of 'u Director*, the Hoard met and unanimously 11 * elected Major Julius Mills of Chester Presldent, 1). 1'. Duncan of Union Viee-Prfsidcnt, V and M. S. H?iley of (Clinton to bo Secretary u* and Treasurer. The President was authorized to put a corps of engineers In the Held, J1 and to tiike other steps necessary to inaugu, rate the enterprise. o Soon alter the arrival of President Mills in Columbia yesterday evening, Colonel I). P. , Duncan tendered him his resignation iis Vice President of the company, I nasi nut'h us Col, u> onel Duncan is ineligible on aeeount of ills , being a member of the State Kailivvul Com? mission. The resignation will be referred to the Hoard oi Directors, and nt h convenient oeeasion tlie vacancy will be filled. In conversation with President Mills last " night he stated that the meeting at Greenkb wood was largely attended, and great enthusiastn manifested. The delegates represented , the solid citizens of theCountlcs backing up the project, and thus a solid character Is given to the undertaking. President Mills says ? within sixty days he will have a corps of en " ginecrsln the neiu locating tne roue., ana will have the elections ordered at an early flay. He expresses hi nisei i'In most. nsMiring c terms ol'complete successor I he projcct, and * already has his argns eye on some valuable conned ions. lie proposes in the tirst place to B" tap the Carolina Central Railroad at Wades. horo or Monroe. North Carolina, and thereby ! form a link with the Robinson system, thus securing an outlet. North. He also proposes 11 to run a branch line to the city ol Newberry from his main line, and meeting there the Augusta, Newberry nnd Kdgetield Railroad to Augusta, ihufl gain an outlet Sontli, West und Northwest. Jt will beseen nt onec that the proposition of President Mills shows the great importance of the project, nnd M ill not only be a big thing for Chester and the other st communities at interest, but will give the I Robinson system a startling opportunity to ,,r reach out Into the South nnd West.. " Athens, Georgia, is bidding strong to hnve ,J the road extended, to that city, and delegates ,,( were appointed to be present at the meeting s_ at Greenwood, but their absence was enforced j.! by high waters. They telegraphed, hov.'ever, ,y ] that Athens was heart nnd soul in the ?nter,e | prise and would back it up in n most subslatis I tial way. There Is great contldencc In the s j project all along the line In South Carolina, IU* | and there is an enthusiasm apparent among te | the people that assures its success beyond a .. I doubt. There seems to be every reason also |. ] to believe that the Itoblnson system will ?orI i operate in pushing through the road, so that r_ it may as well be set down that the Chester, U ! Greenwood and Abbeville Railroad will be t)j j built beyond a cavil. [.t | l ncrc is one linn: ceruuu hi. iui; nur, mm Ij. that Is if the rami is lo b? built President st Mills is the man to do it. Brimful of ene rgy n and pluck, and possessing great organiziug skill and executive ability, it might bo truly )C said he "is the right man in the right place. y He is one of the lamest land owners in Ches,'n ter'County, a substantial and successful farmj, er, and is a "good one" on the stump .idvoy' ea ting railroads or leading a political cuinpalgn. President Mills is remembere-i In p. South Carolina as the able and invincible ,r Chairman of the Democratic Executive Uomln mittc of Chester, and his yeoman service in ,s j the heat and struggleof the campaigns of 1.S70 .jJ i and 1S78 are krinvn of all. Ills equal success i,J in railroad building is predicted, as lie is rs: backed up by good men and true?t he young, ^ I vigorous manhood and pushing element, of t,i! the eouii try who have the brains, t lie muscle nl j and the money wherewithal to move. ;l| Mr. Jones, oiu- of the Chester Directors, is a I fair example of the class named, lie is 11 Balng tlmorean, who has for live years been Injbnsi.|. ness in (,'hestci and is now the leading mcrchant of that city. mi j- , m nf Acquitted at J.nst. st Lmircnmiltc Herald. , Ferguson, who killed young Benedict. at ;l At.bevllle C. II., in 1SS4, was tried lor the fourth time last week, and acquitted. It is le said he was acquitted on the ground of selfir" defense. The insanity dodge was tried at tlrst, hut tailing in that something still more abS!> surd was resorted to, with success. From the ,s" testimony as published, there was never a clearer case of willful and deliberate murder than this. We boast of our jury system, u" about it being the bulwark of our liberties, I ( lit' I'.UIKll mil UI (Mil II^UC*, HIIU WIUVI nnv.il m flummery, but we now and then see a verLT diet.that is nothiiur more nor Irss than the | veriest Inree?n travesty upon Justie and r<j common sense. Dow Jr., was not fur wronji? ,<I taking some verdicts us u erlteriaii?when lie s" pave as the true dellnitlon of trial hy jury, "the taking' ol' a erase out of the hands of one )C mini who is supposed to know nil about il. and putting it In the hands of twelve men 'y who know notliiii!/ about it." Murder, and toe use of the nimble pistol, will not cease until there shall he a few lirst*eiass hanuin^s . of while men, not. negroes; that has become j too eoinmo'i to have any elicet-. Such ver[y j diclsas thai, in tlie Ferguson ease is simply a premium on erimc. I)r Col. Ot'vilc T. Ciillioini. ir> Col. Orvilo T. Calhoun is announced as a t.?! suitable man to represent itnr county in the ol' next Legislature. Mr. Calhoun is well-known it- as a useful citi/.cu. a staunch Democrat, x. J a good lawyer ami a worthy man. Col. | Calhoun was a cadet. in 111: tieorgla Military r.' Ncliixtl and at-the aire of lift ecu years, tool; [y | part In the defense of Atlanta. After the war i he win sotno tune in a hank in Charleston ,1.1 and posted himself in business methoils. Jk If has talu'h part, in several of the most impori,. taut criminal eases over tried in this county ;l and met with great success. Ills services to ii. the party has been conspicuous, He will ] make a capable and faithful representa101 tivcv? Abbeville Medium. ..' I.oss I*r<*|??NtorouM lliau I'd it Mnl. A mlrrsnn .Journal. >e; ! At Abbeville C. II., last Friday nighl, the ! jury in the ease of .John C. Ferguson, alter bej in1,' out between four and live hours, rendered i a verdict of not guilty. The verdict i* no .-ur; prise to any one, a< ii. was generally believed after the jury was empanelled that lie would lie acquitted. While the defense has been o conducted through several trials of the case n solely on the ground of insanity, it is r? portal (lint the jury linnlly ignored that plea and d | acquitted on the ground of self-defense, doubtless considering this less preposterous than lite pctil mal theory. ^ ; NINETY-SIX COMMENTS. CANDIDATES, FAE3IESS, STUDENTS. ' East End" has a Word of Advice to 1 tlie Candidates and Antl-Railrond Jlen?Good Officers?Cooper Limestone InstituteOther Items of Interest. Nixety-Six, June 2?. A great deal is being said about Prohibition, ami our notion is thai. this ingredient will bo Introduced into the polities of the present campaign. However, wise or unwise it may be, yet the farmers and country people are determined to put a slop to the sale of liquor. They leel that the saloon keepers and politicians have run public affairs long enough. Onroplnlon is that the candidate who runs on the farmers ticket and embraces prohibition Ideas will he the man to win. Miss Ella Stuart, of Greenville, has been down visltin? her sisters, Miss Mamie Stuart and Mrs. J. L. Shumate. Capt. W. A. Moore, of Cokcsbury, is a candidate for Legislative honors, (.'apt. Moore Is well known in Abbeville county as one of its most successful farmers, and no man in tne county could come nearer legislating to their Interest than the Captain. I ilo not by any means intend to say that ho would only look afler Lhe (aimers' interests, but alike every outer interest mat uemanus an nonusi, legislators attention. If Capt. Moore will endorse Prohibition he will go through nil right. Csipt. Jesse McGhee has always beena favorite with the Ninety-six people. He is thoroughly qualified for the position of Legislator i and has had some experience. No saler man could be voted for. Mrs. J. A. Stuart, of Greenville, Is visiting relatives at Ninety-Six. General It. R. Hemphill, editor of the Medium and candidute for the State Senate, was in our town last week, accompanied by his briirht little son and daughter. We attended the commencement exercises of Cooper Limestone Institute Inst week. This Is regarded, nnd Justly so, one of the best Female Colleges in the State. Those ot the young ladles who graduated, nine in nnrnter, acquitted themselves with preat credit. To parents who wish to send their daughters to n quiet, retired place, presided over by the host teachers ot the country, we recommend Cooper Limestone Institute. Capt. M. L. Bonlmm, Jr..delivered the literary address. Il was one of the best we have heard. Capt. Bonham is a very tine speaker and you cannot please him better than to give him sweet girl graduates to talk to. Col. William Johnson has shown us a twig cut from a plum tree, four Inches long 011 which there are twenty-six well developed plums. They were of the Chickasaw variety. Col. .Tollnson thinks It would oa.V to Plant! these trees to raise hogs oil the fruit. They are very hardy and never tall to produce quantities of fruit. The Itev. Jfr. C'hrcllsburg lcfton Fridny, after having preached some very line sermons. The meetine has been continued by the pastor Itev. W. P. Meadors. Considerable Interest is manifested. Mr. Meadors is an earnest, sincere Christian gentleman, and the church under Ills care will prosper. Mr. W. P. Lipford savs that there is a farmer In his neighborhood whose cotton is so grassy that when he plows it with a twister he never breaks the flake from one end of the row to the other, unless he strikes a stump. There will be a ratification railroad picnic at Leaside, the former home of Preston S. llrooks. In Cooper Township, Edgefield county. on Saturday, July 3rd. The Rev. W. T. Mathews, of Greenwood, preached two tine sermons in the Presbyterian church on lust Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. MaJ. GrllTln who has been quite ill is improving. Mrs. Roberts left on last Saturday for a visit , to her children at. (iatt'ney City. Mr. Mathews, the father of Mrs. F. M. Pope,. died In Edgefield county last. Thursday. Messrs. .1. H. llice, Jr., James T. Bozeman | and Henj. Kinard. h.ive returned from South , Carolina. University. The former graduating, j These arc handsome talented young gentlemen and we trust the young ladies will treat I them kindly. Another ruin on last Sunday set out nnoth- | j er crop of grass. i .Mr. William R. Littleton. who was ncelden-! 1 tally shoi in tin* hand a few dn.vs a^o i.s iin-1 j proving, and tlie Doctor thinks amputation j will not. be necessary. I Anions the ?ii.-tin^uislioil visitors at Nine-1 jty-Stx last week we noticed our especial; friends. J. F. C. I'uPrp, Sherltr of the county, ! and Judge J- Fuller Lyon, twoasjood olHeers a* ever held commissions in Abbeville coun- i ty. | Pursuant to agreement tho anti-railroad ] party of Cooper township met at Iho Old Fori j on last.Saturday. Funds were scarce, as the; ten dollar men did not put in an appearance, j A u'ood deal of talk and unprofitable harancue ! was indulged in, and the leaders of the forlorn hope, crestfallen and discouraged, retired | to mourn tho loss of misspent time and wasted energies. "So mote It be " Mr. Georue E. Holland has a field of cotton j covered with blossoms. He also has ten acres of the finest red clover in tho country, lie is u fine young farmer. A lew improved iron foot plow stocks have been consigned to East End, which can be bought cheap. Call and see them. EAST END. hotter from "One of the BoyH." Ninety-Six, S. V., June, 18SC. A/r. Editor. "The clouds have rolled by" and old Sol Is Doui intr forth his wannest rays on uplands nnd valleys, and the warm sunshine has | brought joy to the farmer's hearts in a manner that is unmistakable. The out crop Is turning out better than was expected and those who had the "where withal" to buy seed and sow spring oats are happyiat the result. We I can boast of a new departure in our inidstand j no community could be prouder of the accession thau we arc. Maj. Janus Fouehe has J spent the greater portion of his life in practiI cable farming and by sheer force of persevcrI anee and experimentinc, hns attained that dej ?ree of farming that is justly considered u SoiI entitle Farmer. He lias planted a field of corn I or rather two crops of corn In one field at the same time. It sounds a little romantic, but stubborn facts will bear me out; he first planted a crop of corn In the early spring witli the i rows about 8 or It) feet apart and a casual dance of a passer by would pronounco it the yellow from its diminutive size, and ! quite recently he has planted another crop of | corn and peas in between these wide rows, I What his object can be for this is men; con* I Jecture but 1 presume the science will come in later on. i am not a practical inrincr mpen but it seems to me t<> bo somewhat out of tho general routineof planting. It may bo that lie anticipates seasons either wet or dry that| will conform to the requirements of maturingout* or the other nl these crops, j Now if that is not science, let some oilier fclI low "tell us what he knows about farming." Politics are assuming proportions in the public mind since my last communication that is i really astonishing. The peculiar fitness ami j qualifications of the different aspirants for | the various ollices are being discussed by their Iriends, and it appears to me there is quite a j number ready and willing lo serve tho people, in fact the "woods Is full of candidates"? | rapt. .las. X. King is our choice for County j Commissioner and any man that will jump into the creek at the risk of his life and dive down Into the bottom of the deep anil locate a mud sill for the benefit of the traveling public and whose claims are paramount to any other man's, for deration to his party, and maintaining its prim-lplcs during the trying times of 1*70 and ever alterxvards, certainly entitles him to recognition In a manner I lint i will be crcditaidc to his constituents and com I mensuruie wini i)iKiii>iiiM?'?. .iimui; ; 'enis lo have many admirers 111 this commit [ nlty iiml will bis warmly supported If the boys nrv allowed lo exercise ilie right guaranteed to every American citlKcn liy Ilie constitution | trained liy the patriots of 177(5. Primaries is ! what we want, or in other worils "give us libI erty or give us death"?a chance to express our cholceuml not delegate ton lew tlio jiower lo express the sentiment ol" an entire community. The elixir of the Temple of Justice > lias once more swung buek on its rusty hinges I and his Honor .Judge Moore occupies his acj customed seat and lSijali sits on his rifjlit with ! that henign smile on I lis countenance that is [ characteristic of him when lie contemplates I the handling of the III thy lucre, ready to obey j the slightest mandate of his Honor. The usual routine was gone through Willi, and his | Honor called the case?State of South Carolii na vs. John Jones on a charge of Assault and UaLterv. to the injury and bodily harm of one \Viiey Richards andusrstilist the peace anddtgJ nlty or the State.*, Ac., his Honor asked the 1 ??. iViulant If lie plead guilty or not guilty anil lie ' hesitated awhile and says lie is both, his Ilonj or seemed to be at a loss to know what to do under the circumstances, but being equal to all such emergencies, did not hesitate on the way of proceedure, hut proceeded at once, he ! instructed llijali to irol in the witnesses ami ' | after a thorough investigation of the facts, j "squashed" theallidavil and discharged tin; Defendant after reprimanding the aforesaid John Jones with dire puiiishiuent in solitary I conliueineiil if he should ever again tlisapj point llijali and the court and roll tlie chain gang of Its Just deserts. "Onkoi-'TIIK IJOYS." I Ilou. W. II. l'nrlicr. Ablitfvilio County has had many a repro! tentative in tins IIoums but no one has relied; ed more honor upon her, than the uentteman, j whose name stands at tlie head of this piece. I Almost unknown in political life, six years ago, when ho llrst went to I lie Legislature, lie | j at once assumed an inliueiitial position by i i Ins sagacity, prudence, and wise counsel, unj til row, his opinions are universally respect- i I ed iiud lie is regarded as tlie most influential 1 member Irom the up-iounlry. Mr. l'arker i has served ills county failhtully in war and; ! in pencv, having been a galiani. suidier in the ' Western Army, and h.iving fit led with creitit; In himself the important'ollicc of foniinis-; sinner in K juity. In the House tie has served 0:1 various important committees, chief j among them thai of the Judiciary. lie ranks i big), as a lawyer and is well-known as a ehrista 111 gentleman. Abbeville County will hon-i or tiers elf, by seiulin>; him again to represent i her iu the lower ILuuac,?Abbeville Jfcstea-j ycr. I THE KORAN AND MOHAMMEDANISM. Article \o. -t?Itesnrrcclion and Dny of Judgment, Continued. Rome among the Mohammedans have thought that tlie resurrection will be in ore I y spiritual, 110 more than the returning of the soul lo the place whence it first came; others who regard inan an consisting of body ouly, say that it will be merely corporeal. The general opinion, however, is, that both soul and body will be raised. Mohammed taught thnt every part of man's body would be consumed by the earth, except, a certain bone; that this was the tirst formed In the human body and would remain uncorrupted till the last day as seed from which the whole was to ho renewed; that the resurrection would be effected by a forty dnys'rain which God would send, and! which would cover the earth to the height of twelve cubits and cause the bodies to sprout forth like plant*. The time of the resurrection, the Moham medans say is a perfcct secret to all but God. When Mohammed asked the angel Gabriel about the time, he acknowledged that he did not know It. However, they think that the approach of the day may be known from certain slcns whtcn are to precedc it. These signs they distinguish into two sorts; the less wnich are eight, and the greater which are seventeen. Among the less are the decay of faith among men, the advancing of the meanest person to eminent dignity, great distress in the world, so that a man when he pa?scs by another's grave shall say, "Would to God I were in his place." Among the greater signs, they mention the sun rising In the west, war with Jews, a smoke that shall fill the whole earth, an eclipse of the moon, the discovery of a vast heap of gold and silver by retreating of the Euphrates, (which will be the destruction of many), the speaking of beasts, and of inanimate things. The immediate sign of the resurrection will be the blast of the trumpet. It is supposed that there will be three blasts; the first blast, the blast of consternation, at the hearing of which all creatures will be struck with terror except those whom God shall exempt from It; the second, the blast of examination, when all living creatures shall die or be annihilated, except those whom God shall exempt from thiscommon fate; the third, (forty years after the second), the blast of resurrection, when the trumpet shall be sounded and the dead shall be raised. According to a tradition of Mohammed, the first one raised will be himself. [With regard to the second blast, the writer of these articles has followed the translation. He is of the mistake of print, and that "exunimatlon" Is the proper word. This latter word seems better to explain what takes place at the second blast than the word "examination."] As to the length of the day of Judgment, the Koran, in one ptneo, says it will be a thousand yeare; In another, tifly thousand. Commentators endeavor to reconcile these. Home say, that thoy do not know what measure of time God intends in these passages; others, that these forms of speaking are not to be taken strictly, but are figurative and only designed to express Ihe terribleness of the day; others, that by these is meant, the diflleulty of the business of the day. It is commonly believed that the resurrection will be general, and extend to all creatures?angels, genii, men, animals?but the passage in the Koran which has been adduced to prove the resurrection of brutes has been interpreted another way. Those who are destined to be partakors of eiernal happiness will rise in honor aud security; those who are doomed to misery, iu disgrace aud under dismal apprehensions. Mohammed Is said to have taught, that when mankind shall be assembled at. the last day, they will be distinguished into classes: 1st believers, whose good works have been few; 2nd, those who are in Kreater honor with God and more acceptable to him; 3rd, the unuodly. These last named shall be divided into ten sets Home of these will be In the form of swi^e?those that have been avaricious and have enriched themselves by public oppression. Some will appear with their head reversed and their feet distorted?usur '..,111 ......wt,... Ml,t.l iitilnwt. judges. Some will have their hands and feet cut "off? those who have injured their neighbors. Mohammedans generally believe, that in some part of the earth the peoplo will be assembled, but in wnut part. It is not agreed. The object of the resuriectioii tiiey believe is that men may give account of their actions and receive the reward of the same. Those who believe that irrational animals as well as men will be juuged. believe that the weak will take vengeance on the strong, until entire satisfaction be given to the Injured. When mankind are brought to Judgment, angels will keep them in their ranks and order. At the day of Judgment, both Just and unjust will suffer grevious torments; but the sufferings of the just will be light compared with the sufferings of the unjust. The sufferings of the just will last 110 longer than the time required lor them to say the appointed prayers. Mohammod will nndertnko the office of Intercessor. God will come In the clouds, attended by angels, and will produce Ihnhn/ilrilln ivllii'll f lu, netintl.H-of uvurv one are recorded by angels,and Uo will command t be prophets to bear wit ness against those to J whom tbey have been respectively sent. ! Then every one will be examined concernlm! j everything that he has said or done in this | life; not because God needs any information In these matters, but. to oblige the person to make public confession to God's Jnstlce. They shall give account of the manner in which they acquired their wealth and the manner in which they spent It; in what manner they employed their time; how they exj erclsed their bodies; what use they mnde ol tlielr knowledge and learn ins. (,'ontrndicto! ry to this, it Is stated, that no less than seventy thousand of his followers shall be permitted to enter paradise without any cxuniina! tion. i The time for the attendance of mankind j will (according to the opinions of MohamnieI dans) be lomr, yet the trial itself will not, according to some, occupy more than half a I day; according to others, it will be over in ! less than thetwinklins of aneye. Each per| son will have uelivered to him the lxiok In I which all the acts of his life are recorded; | the righteous receiving theirs in the riaht hand, and reading them with sreat satlsfnc| Hon ; the ungodly beiusr obliged to take theirs j in their left hand which will be bound behind the back, the ri^ht hand being tied up to the neck. Scales, large enough to hold heaven ! and earth, will be held up by Gabriel. Some Mohammedans understand this only as a tlgj uratlve represertation of God's justice; the i more ancient and orthodox opinion is that It ! Is literal. The rljjhleous will be rewarded, ns [ their balances will be laden with good works; [the ungodly cannot complain of not having ! their good works rewarded, for they have been rewarded In this life. After the examination has pjisscd, mutual retaliation will follow. The man who has many good works will have some of these taken from him, and ' put to the credit of the 0110 whom he has injured. After this, '.f there should remain to : the lnjurer aood works of t he weight of an ant, God will in his inerny double it; but If his cood works arc exhausted and only evil | works remain, and some who have been injured have not yet received satisfaction, God will order thatan equal weight of their sins ; he added to his and lie be punished in their stead. Alter the trials are fully over, the j tavctl will take the right hand, and the lost, i the left; but both will walk on a bridge over I the place ol punishment, which bridge Is | finer than a hair uiul sharper than the edse ! of a sword. This bridge is beset on each side i with briers and thorns; hut the good will j pass over it easily and swiftly; the wicked. ' however, will be entangled and fall headlong j into the pit beneah. I The place of punishment, they believe has ! different apartments; one below, and that for . dillerent classes of tin? wicked; the first or i least severe, for .Mohammedans eorreect in faith, but wicked in life; the second, for Mows; the third, for Christians; the fourth, for Sahians; ihe fifth, for magicians; the sixth, for Idolaters; the seventh, (or lowest), ( for hypocrites. The lirst of these classes will ! be released, after a long period of suffering, i by the mercy of (iotf, at the Intercession of Mohammed and the good. Those whose bort| les haw contracted any sort of filth in the j place of punishment will be immersed In one I of the ri vers of paradise, called the river of life, which Immersion will wash them M-hiter than pearls. Mohammed has been particular In the Koran fully to describe the various kinds of torture that await the wicked, the mentioning of which would he neither profitable nor necessary. 15. \V. WllIIiDliN. Abbeville, ?. C. WHAT A SECOND-RATE LAWYER CAN DO. What flio Farmer* of Abbeville County Ouii'lil to Do. Xi.VKTY-Stx, S. July 21. lRPfi. I Itsoems 1 lie larinnr's ol'Abbeville county 1 lia vc not "backbone" enough to nom inate a ticket. We think they should have a candidate for every otliee to he voted for at the |ir', mary election, hut, alas! they are too easily 1iamliiH>/.U>d. Any second rate lawyer can fool a farmer, and he is green enottsrh to he , lieve a lawyer win go io me i.enisiauue mm legislate lor tlio farmers' interest. Come to llio front, farmers, ami assert your right*. You own tlie land and represent sevent.v-livo ; per cent, of the voting population. It Is Irom the swont of your brow tliat. the present I oiliee-iioliiers andotliec-scekers expert to live. His l?v your sufl'mires that Im expects to ridfl into otllce and laugh in liis sleeve at your stupidity. If tin* Sou Mi Carolina College and tlm Citadel Academy must ao t'to which wedo not agree), bury in the debris the politicnl demagogues and one-horse politicians who h'avo fed upon the milk and honey of our land Iion't. listen to his slick ton true any longer. Of course, he is your Iriend and would succeed at the farm. It is his meat and bread as well as yours. So now be up and doing. Don't wait- a day longer. As intelligent men who have- the good of Smith Carolina a heart, eome to the front and nominate a good man ot your number for each ottice to be voted for, ami l*.-t. us have a rest. A change will be refreshing. Thomas Mclietliuau proprietor of the large Palmetto Seloon. has received a tine stock of pure owl grape and II lack berry Hrandies, Knglish l'ale Ale. Irish l'orter and Sehlltz Imager llcer. All highly recommended tills summer. Free Iuucii ou Friday 2uU., July. j. y. ... j '. Mfifl ?? THE CONGRESSIONAL RACE. mBM The "Press and Btmner" Interviewa Mr. Benct. ^^9 Mr. Pcnet being nuked by the Prest antt Banner if li<s had any objection to define hh? position with regard to the Congressional race, replied: "None In the world. My position is not difficult to define. Perhaps the b?st way U? |^flE do so will he to Hubmlt to you the follow! 113; letter written to Judge Cothran wheal first heard his uuine mentioned as a probable candldute: Abbeville, 23 May, 1888. HM) Peab Jt'dge Cothean .'?It w4uj tny pw- HH pose to call to see yoa tills evening or in ther morning, but I find you are to hold Court in bumter this week, and must suppose you will leave home for Verdery or Greenwopd this H|H evening. If that be so, can I see you beiom |H you go? I desire to know whether yoa are a candidate for Congress or no. I henrd yoor name mentioned for the first time lastSlonday evening, In Columbia, In connection with BH the Congressional race, and I have bod no ? ^H| opportunity of discovering either from your- . 8iii or your irienas or mine wnemer *00 re* port. Is well-foundcil or no. 1 tell you frankly tbat I have been waiting * MB for Col. Aiken's withdrawal to offer myself a* a candidate. This has been pretty generally understood am our my friends Jn Abbeville- B County and tho other counties of the Third KB District. Now. tbat he bos publicly withdrawn, I shall at once announce myself a HBI candidate, unless yoa are a candidate. If you flflS are, then I will not allow my name to be us- flU ed, but will In the public prints ?tate ray determination not to run for Congress. This Is my position; and I naturally, wish BH to know yours; and to know )t at oneer for there Is no time to be lost eltherby yon or by me. Hence my desire to see you. You will kindly let me know if it will wilt you forme to call on you this evening, and at what hoar. If I cannot see you, you will klntflv oblige WW me by answering this note and terttag me BM| whether you are in the field or no. Yoms truly, W. C. Be^et. |B Here is his reply: My Dear Mil Bknet:?Yonr ncte of tfrie flfl date has Just be*n handed to me, and I am Justin the act of taking the road lor Grten wood to catch the night train for Augusta, on , '^ j thP nnlv fitipti wav to finmler f.'onrL HE I have been greatly importuned to Mcone a candidate for Congress in thl* District, and have the mntter under consideration. It is not in my line, nor would I seek the place. I propone, however, to reply to one of the numerous letters tbat I huvn received at an . early day, perhapR this week, alter getting to Sumter, taking the ground thnt il, without solicitation on my part, I should be chosen for tbe placc, I will not decline it. 1 would buve been glad to huve seen you before leaving home, and have hoped dnrlng * the whole of this week (past) to have seen Mr. Parker and yourself and other of n>y friends but have not been able to do ?o. X have had to make up my mind as far as it i? made up for myself, with tbe arid of my homefolk only. Very truly y??r*. 2a May,'86. * J. 8. Cothbajt, ' Two days afterwards Judge Cothran wrote the following letter to Mr. Tribble of Anderson. which was published in tbe Anderton Intelligence. Sumter Court House. 8. C., May 25,1886. J. L. 'IVibble, Anderton 8. C: My Dear Sir.?i have your farvor of tbe 18th tnst., addressed to trie at Abbeville, la replying to sundry letters of like Import received within the past two months, I have expressed myself as being content with the official position wblch I now hold. These communications, however, have been addressed to individuals. I now feel called upon to define my position clearly to the pobllc. It Is well known to my friends that I have never sought or desired political office of any , kind. A public office Is a pnblio trust, and1 one who holds sncb, to some extent at least* surrenders his right to choose. Regarding it, further, as a thing neither to be sought nor aocuncu. i nave omy 10 ?ny n wie iwvpie ui ? this (.'onjjrc-sslonal Dfstrlct, after the retire- H inent of my neighbor and friend. Col Aiken, 9 demand my services as hlu successor. I do not Irel at liberty to declfne to serve them. ?lw?y* H bearing In mind the distrust. that I nave nt B my own fitness foj tire position, contentment with my present office,nnd knowledge the D lact. that there arc others desiring: the office lu H question who are well qualified for all of lt? requirements. Very respecfully and trnl.v your*. J. S. COTHRAN. 1 wish the Judpre had been mono explicit. As my friend, neighbor and fellow-townsman. I desired to know his position ; forfrom the first I determined lo make no contest with him. It Is Impossible to And ont In these fellers whether the Judze I* coin? to be a candidate or not. As for me, my position 1? slmnly this: If Judge Cothrun does not run for Congress, I will. LOWNDESVI LIE LOCALS. "Ilftwhejre" Sends a better Fall or the Latest Xem and Gossip in that City. IjOWSdesytlle. S. C? June 2t, J8R0. The drug store or Messrs. Speed <fc Turner Is anlte an acquisition to the business prospect* or'our town. These geni lemen have tilted up tlieir store In the very best style, and carry as complete a stock as can be found auywbere? we bespeak lor tliem the patronage of ail persons wishing anything in their line, asrd can confidently assure all such, that they wHf be ireatfd fairly and find things Just as reprecc*n . Prof. Gregory visited our enterprising. ?nd progressive iowii last Wednesday night, wttU his sleight of hand legerdemain and Punch and Judy show. The performancn was well attended by the citizens of our towD. Anions the many strangers present we noticed a certain railroad magnate who seemed particularly anxious to disclose the mysteries of the magician?but when the contents of that hut was made known he appeared to be hunting [ tor some solitary spot where the babj/s cry not and t he flask in not xeen. Sometime since there was a ford made Just below Hampeys Will. Skwtly afterwards we had a big rain, which eieatly injured it making It almost impassable. J.aKt week tbe contract was let for making a ford just abovo where the bridges stood, the gentleman who took the contract, did several hours work on it,?for which he is to receive S10.25, the ford is. really no better than the old one, and I think it should be made at least passible by tbe 011& ] who has the contract; the business interest* of oar town demands a good crossing there, and I think if It is impossible to have any more done by the present contractor?that 16. * would be decidedly to our merchants advantage to provide some way for crossing?it is directly od t he mail rout from Abbeville to Kiberton, and there is no other place to crosa without goiugseveral miles around. uitvirrvi! Lowndesviixe, 8. C. June 28, ISfiC. Since the arrival of the railroad our town, is gradually tilling up with visitors. Mrs. <i. H. Lettoy of Chatononga, Tennessee, Is visiting the family ot Mr. J. B. LeRoy. Miss Hrucle White, one of Greenville's most charming young iaclies ,1s visiting relatives anil friends in this place. Misses Ottle-Ijutiiuer and Lola Kpeer whr> have been attending the lust session of the Columbia Female College ha>e returned ? home, to spend their well earned vacation. Mr. Arthur Latimer is Just recovering from a severe attack of the measles. We are glad to say that Miss Johnnie Speer - 1 _!. l..t. |? I. kntloi. WHO I11VS OCCI1 l|UIW" Ml ? ir> muni iieho. The Savannah Valley Railroad Is m>w completed three unit halt miles above Vinegar Station?It was Impossible to do much work last week on oeeonnt of the rains. It will not , . be long before we are In direct comwunlcaj Hon with the outside world?both by rail and wire. | We noticed in your last Issue, that we would soon have a newspaper here. We had heard. i such talk hcloru and we sincerely hope Its not \ nil talk, I think that your last weeks correspondent should secure a position on the staff" I of said newspaper, and we could unhesltati Ingly recommend him for several positions? i ami we think him eminently qualified to till ! them?including the "Devil," and the Kdltor| in-Chief on a first class newspaper. There are several positions where It would be unnecesI nary for a man to "hide his light under a : bushel." An enterprising business man, who | may desire to locate in a growing town, with good schools and noted for it.s beautiful women, energetic farmers, morals and religion., ] can secure a very desirable lot In this place, i l>y putting up a good substantial business i house upon It. I think this an excellent offer and we hope some worthy man may consider t ; it and decide to locate among us. I1AWKEYE. Is it me <'orrii|>tlnj( I'ower 01 .nonrjr? A ndersmi Intclligaicer. ' The acquittal of Fergusnn in Abbeville last ! week upon the fourth trial, lor the maider of 'llcnediet, is one t?f those conspicuous ini stances in which I he Courts of our country aro brought into contempt b.v the failure to mete j out Justice to offenders. If there ever wasan j uijnsttflable murder, we believe llvis was one j of iliem, and there is no exenss for such a ver- * i diet, except that the defendant bad money and influential friends to manage his trials. I while the poor man he killed had none. Such verdicts lower the respect, and eonrtdenco j which the people feel in our (Courts. Grttiui; Slurried. (iettins married is a business. Commercially speaking, it is ivfail: because but twoartl; cles arc taken at a time. The woman takes the man and the man takes the woman. I'sually a ?ood many people are interested in the bargain, .Nomct>m<-s it is some of tlndr bii-inc.-s and other times it is not. Hut thin ' makes no difference, they are interested any : way. They usually know when the bargain is made ami w lu n the contract is closed. Their suggestions are invaluable in their own ; estimation, and they seem mortally and eterInnlly wounded unless tliey have most to do i in arrunKing the details of tlial most iuiporI taut occasion.